The living room is the heart of every home: a place to welcome and entertain guests; a space where families gather to celebrate holidays and birthdays; a place to relax, play, read or watch TV. As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, we tend to want to evoke the longed-for Scandinavian concept of hygge by decorating our living rooms with piles of blankets, cushions and rugs. While it is important to have soft furnishings to sink into, ambient lighting is the secret to a cosy indoor space. Quality lighting can be intimate or social, relaxing or stimulating, and is essential to create a sense of warmth and wellbeing. An elegant choice for quiet coffee drinking, the North pendant floor lamp by Arik Levy has a dynamic, deconstructed silhouette. Here it appears in a subtle graphite finish and shows how it synthesises the classic floor and pendant lamp by combining floor and ceiling. The elegant conical shade hangs from the end of a slender carbon fibre rod, which is held to the floor by a simple counterweight. The angle of the rod is adjustable, allowing the light to be directed precisely onto a coffee table or a cosy sofa.
Tempo, a design by Lievore Altherr, features slender lines and a long, adjustable arm that extends from the vertical base. It is the perfect companion for a relaxed aperitif and its translucent diffuser made of brown glass adds volume to the otherwise linear design. The delicate oval of opal glass hangs gracefully in the air, filling the room with a soft, diffuse glow and conveying a sense of calm. Soft lighting is the key to a cosy evening at home. Dama combines the charm of the traditional floor or table lamp with the sophistication of modern lighting design to create intimate atmospheres with an upscale aesthetic. It is a Roberto Palomba and Ludovica Serafini creation whose delicate base and frame allow the paper diffuser to seemingly float in free space, with the round LED shining out of it with a subtle, even glow.
